Reliability of the Arabic Egyptian Version of Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire to Measure Quality of Life in Burned Patient
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Reliability of the Arabic Egyptian Version of Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire to Measure Quality of Life in Burned Patient, REHAM A. EL-KALLA, MOHAMED M. ABD ELKHALEK KHALAF, MAMMDOOH A.A. SAAD and EMAN M. OTHMAN
Abstract
Background: Burns are one of the most significant health problems throughout the world. Burn patients often have physical, psychological and social problems affecting their quality of life. In Egypt there is no Arabic assessment tool of quality of life of burned patients. SF-36 is one of the most widely-used QOL evaluation tool in the world.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine the reliability of the Arabic version of short form 36 health survey questionnaire to measure the recovery of quality of life of burn survivors. After translating and culturally adapting SF-36 from English to Arabic language.
Methods: Arabic translation and adaptation of the SF-36 scale were obtained by the "forward/backward translation" method. Then forty patients of both sex (22 males and 18
females) had been selected randomly from Outpatient Physical Therapy Clinic (Burn and Surgery Unit) Cairo University, Om El-Masreen Hospital and Ahmed Maher Hospital from May 2015 to March 2016. All of them were suffered from burn injury ranged from 20-30 TBSA% affecting upper and lower limbs. Their age were ranged from 20 to 40 years. They were asked to fill the Arabic version of SF-36 questionnaire twice with one week interval between them with the same investigator.
Results: The 40 patients completed the reliability test for Arabic version of the SF-36. The internal consistency of Arabic version of the SF-36 was assessed by Cronbach alpha coefficient. The Cronbach alpha was good (a=0.8). Test-retest reliability was assessed using Pearson Correlation Coefficient (PCC). There was a strong direct relationship between pre-score and post-score (PCC=0.873).
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the Arabic SF-36 is a reliable measure of quality of life for Egyptian burned patients to document the efficacy of physical as well surgical intervention after burn.